Title

The Persian Expedition - Island of Kishni, Harbour of Bunder Abbas, Fleet at Anchor, Persian...1857. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Persian Expedition - Island of Kishni, Harbour of Bunder [Bandar] Abbas, Fleet at Anchor, Persian Coast, 1857. Sketch '...by an officer, in the Bushire Roads, showing part of what occurred during the attack and capture of Bushire... taken while the Semiramis was entering the harbour of Bunder Abbas. The H.E.I.C. [Honourable East India Company] steam-frigates Feroze and Ajdha are the vessels with steam up. There were about thirty ships, including transports, lying at anchor in this harbour before they started for their destination - Bushire [Bushehr]'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_260

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NA

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7,1Mb (714,8Kb) / 12,0in x 2,3in / 3594 x 690 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea coast Asia boat boats coastal Middle East country trade ship ships British geography color war paddle steamer paddle steamers location century empire Britain newspapers press Iran concept battle Navy B&W warfare engraved engraving Persian Gulf Colour steamship naval warfare 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W Persia white and black warships nineteenth century Royal Navy The Print Collector British Empire East India Company geographical feature Illustrated London News naval battle steam ship TGN wood engraving ILN Anglo-Persian War newspaper landscape panorama Unknown naval ship 19th-century Bandar Abbas